My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: California
Interested in general advice. Current employer brought in a new CEO about a year ago. New CEO has made it clear that he does not like certain members of the current executive team (mainly those hired by his predecessor). He has subsequently fired or made to resign 5 of the executive team members. In the case of the resignations, he made it so difficult for these executives to meet objectives or perform their duties they had no choice. In one case, the executive was to be demoted and would lose a significant component of his compensation. In the other, the work environment became inhospitable to such an extent that she was forced to resign. The three other executives were fired for various minor infractions, none of which were really substantiated. When fired, they were designated as fired for cause, such that unemployment benefits were made unavailable and no severance compensation was offered.
Currently, he is targeting me. My every action is being questioned, every decision second guessed. I am being blamed for failings or missed objectives that have nothing to do with me or my area of responsibility. I have become aware now of an effort by the CEO to reduce my compensation and likely realign my position. All this is contradicted by recent and historical performance reviews that rated my performance as exceptional and performance targets that were met and documented as achieved. Clearly option one in this case is to go find a new job. However, that can and will take some time and given the history here, I could easily be fired for no particular reason and with no severance or package to hold me over until I found something new.
Are there other options or legal remedies that could be pursued here?

